|
|
|
|
Hello again!!! |
 |
|
Meet Adam, senior member of our in-house crew, eldest of our at-home children, and a darling-sweet powerful lad who can be a real pain in the arse. |
|
|
|
|
|
In Phase I, we gathered our
materials and equipment and fabricated our modular geodesic construction
panels.
|
|
Phase II revolves around gluing and clamping... then waiting patiently for the seams to dry, and then gluing and clamping again....
But since as the final step of Phase I we did a pre-assembly and sort-of loosely hinged random sections together with paper clips, following our schematic to see how things fit, it doesn't take long until -- WOW -- we have a couple of sections that are look very domeish....
And soon thereafter... our model has come to life !!!
Fabricated from bolted-together fiberglass geodesic panels, it is said
that these units were designed to be assembled by a civilian (non-skilled)
crew of less than a dozen assemblers, working with one or two trained
military personnel. Working with plans like those below and a few
key pieces of equipment, these domes were constructed in less than a day
in freezing conditions where winds could suddenly whip to over 50mph.
Anyway, from all this research and experimentation we've put together plans for the Sassafras Wilds domehome community we're doing our dandiest to build. To have a look at that ongoing project-in-the-making (and discover something about our altruistic goals), click here. |
|
|
All photos and instructions on this page, (c) copyright
2001,
C.L.Beems |
|
Of
course it's not quite as illustrious as the geodesics domes that
